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BETIFUL THG IS A MASTERPIECE OF GAY STORYTELLG

Betiful Thg Is a Masterpiece of Gay StorytellgThe 1996 Brish film portrayed s workg-class LGBT characters wh remarkable sensivy and Pictur ClassicsWhen Jonathan Harvey’s love story Betiful Thg buted 1993 as a play, he had no ia would eventually be herald as a crown jewel of gay storytellg. “But wasn’t tend to be a gay play, jt a play that happened to have gay characters.

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